Toddler Rosary: The Noisy Mysteries

My young son is truly a gift from God. He is so special to us, and we love every moment with him. Well…we love *just about* every moment with him. Since the day he came home, he has never been a sleeper at night. At a year and a half now, he’s decided that the 12am-3am period is the perfect opportunity to practice the Mommy War Call from the edge of his crib. No amount of picking him up, rocking him, snuggling him, etc. helps – because, in his mind, it’s play time.

Last night was an especially tough one, because it came after the previous night’s extra tough one. We’ve never been one for crying it out (CIO), but last night – for the first time – after the first hour of unsuccessfully trying to quiet the Baby Banshee, I put back him in his crib, told him (in no uncertain terms) to GO TO SLEEP, and walked out of the room.

I climbed back into bed, and felt shaky and sick to my stomach. It was so so hard to know he was crying in there for me, yet knew that we NEEDED to do this – he has to slowly learn that night time is not play time. I was going to go in every 10min to check on him, and so turned to prayer to help calm my nerves and pass the ten minutes until I could go back in. An entire decade is about ten minutes, sopraying the rosary worked perfectly. As I lay there, quietly praying, I realized that – for moms – there may in fact be SIX mysteries: enter the Noisy Mysteries.

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Oh my goodness! I feel that you wrote about my son and situation. We are going through the exact same thing, except he is up from 2:00ish until 5:30 or so. I am not a fan of CIO, but know that he is safe, and it needs to be done…for mom’s sanity and for baby’s well being of learning to fall asleep. Thank you for the reminder of the rosary during each mystery! 🙂